The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, condemned the blocking of regional state television and radio broadcasting companies (GTRK) on YouTube. This was reported by TASS.
The diplomat described the blocking of the channels of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company as “an uncompromising cleansing of the information space from all sprouts of opposition”, political censorship and arbitrariness.
“This is unfortunately also the daily norm for American platforms, digital platforms, video hosting, etc.,” he added.
VGTRK on the night of February 7 reported About blocking access to at least 19 channels of regional branches on YouTube. It is known that channels are blocked from different regions of Russia, including Adygea, Altai, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Murmansk, Bryansk, Pskov, Rostov, Vologda, Saratov, Tomsk, Tyumen regions, Trans-Baikal Territory, Karelia, Mari-El. Perm Territory, St. Petersburg, Udmurtia and Yakutia.
Previously Peskov statedThat there is military censorship in the West.